Improvement in wool-presses



UNTTED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

JOIIN IV. PIIILLIPS, OF RANDOLPH CENTER, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOOL-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,037, dated March 28,1865.

T0 all whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. PHILLIPS, of

Randolph Center, in the county of Columbia` and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Boxes for Packing Wool; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and letters ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part otlthis specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a simple device for tirmlypacking` eeces ot' wool.

To enable others skilled in the art to manufacture and use myinvention,I will proceed to describe its construction and operation withparticularity.

Figure l represents my wooLpacker open for receiving the fleece. Fig. 2represents it closed.

C is the bottom of the box, made of a suitable size so that when the boxis closed the tleece will be compressed to the desired eempactness. rlheside pieces, A A,are attached to the bottom C by means ot hinges a, andthe end pieces,B B, are also attached to C by means ot' the hinges d.

b represent triangular strips lirmly attached to the end pieces, B B, toprevent the wool from getting between the sides of A A and the edges ofthe end pieces, B B, when being brought up into place. l

The twine for tying the wool is laid across t` e open box and the endsdrawn into the slots e e and c c, to hold them in place. The eece ofwool is rolled up and placed on c over the pieces cf twine; the sides AA are then swung up and fastened by the hooks a: x, as shown in Fig. 2;the ends B B are then turned up, playinglclosely inside of the sides A Acompressing the fieeces of wool compactly, and are held in an uprightposition by means of the springs s s s s. The ends ot' the twine arethen taken from the slots e e and c c and tied, when the box is openedand the iieece removed.

I am aware that a table provided with fold ing leaves, and springs, andcatches, and levers has been used for packing wool, but I use simply acheap folding-box that can be placed upon any table or bench for use, oreven be used on the tloor; and I do not claim, broadly, a folding-boxfor packing wool; but

What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isl l. rPhecombination and arrangement of the side pieces, A, provided with thehooks m and springs s, the center piece, C, and the end pieces, B,provided with the strips b, when constructed and operating substantiallyas and for the purpose specified and set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of the side pieces, A, provided withthe hook a; and springs s, the center piece, C, and the end pieces, B,when constructed and operating substantially as described.

JOHN W. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

LEWIS L. COBURN, W. E. MAUS.

